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JAGADESE J. VITTAL
Office: Department of Chemistry
National University of Singapore
SINGAPORE 117543
Ph: (65) 6516-2975; FAX: (65) 6779-1691
E-mail: chmjjv@nus.edu.sg
ORCID: 8302-0733 Researcherid: B-2541-2010
NUS Website: http://www.chemistry.nus.edu.sg/people/academic_staff/jjvittal.htm
Home: 124 Jurong East St. 13, #10-01, Ivory Heights, SINGAPORE, 600124
Ph: (65) 6646-3015. Hand Phone: (65) 83163275
Education
PhD (1982) - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
MSc (1977) - Madurai University, India
BSc (1975) – University of Madras, India
Experience
Professor, Department of Chemistry, NUS, Singapore, (2009-), Associate Professor (1998-
2008). Senior Lecturer, (1997 – 1998).
A faculty member, NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences & Engineering, (2012 - )
Director, Chemical, Molecular and Materials Analysis Center (CMMAC), NUS (2011 -2015)
Adjunct Professor, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia (2018-)
Visiting Lecturer, Chemistry Promotion Center, Ministry of Science & Technology, Taiwan
(2017)
Visiting Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (2016)
Honorary Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2015)
Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (2013)
Adjunct researcher, Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (2013 - 2016)
WCU (World Class University) Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang
National University, Jinju 660-701, South Korea, (2009 – 2013)
Assistant Dean (Graduate Studies, Research and Infrastructure & Space), Faculty of Science,
NUS, Singapore (2007-2010)
Manager, X-Ray Structure Facility, Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario,
LONDON, Canada, (1989 – 1997)
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, (1987 – 1989)
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario LONDON,
Canada, (1982 – 1987)
Lecturer in Chemistry, Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, Tamil Nadu, India, (1977 – 1978)
mailto:chmjjv@nus.edu.sghttp://www.chemistry.nus.edu.sg/people/academic_staff/jjvittal.htm
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Awards and Honours
o Outstanding Chemist Award, Department of Chemistry, NUS, 2014
o Highlighted in Angewandte Author Profile, 2014
o CRISP Award, Faculty of Science, NUS 2013/14
o Outstanding Researcher Award, NUS, 2011
o Erudite Scholar-in-Residence, Kerala State Higher Education Council, India, 2011
o Interview in thescepticalchymist, The Nature Chemistry Blog in November 03, 2011
o Finalist, President's Science Award, Singapore, 2009
o Outstanding Scientist Award, Faculty of Science, NUS, 2007
o ISCAS Bronze Medal, Indian Association of Solid State Chemists and Allied Scientists, India
for contributions in the field of Solid State Chemistry, 2001
o Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Grant Award for International Authors, 2002 & 2008
o DAAD-NUS Exchange Visit Fellowship to Göttingen, Germany, 2002
o First recipient of the "Kharkanawala Memorial Award", Indian Thermal Analysis Society,
India, 1980
Professional Affiliations
o Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, from 2014
o Fellow, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry, from 2003 & Member, from 1998
o Member, American Chemical Society, from 1997
o Member, Materials Research Society (Singapore), 2003-2014
o Life member, Indian Thermal Analysis Society, from 1979
o Life member, Indian Association of Solid State Chemists and Allied Scientists, from 2001
o Elected member of International Centre for Diffraction Data, 2007-2009
Editorial Board
o Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, 2016
o Editorial Advisory Board Member, Crystal Growth & Design, from 2016
o Associate Editor, Journal of Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-
Metal Compounds, 2006
o Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Green Nanotechnology: Physics
& Chemistry, from 2009
o Member, International Editorial Board of Main Group Metal Chemistry 2003-2016
o Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Chemistry, from 2012
o Member, Editorial Board, COSMOS, from 2010
o Topic Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, 2012-2015
o Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Current Inorganic Chemistry, from 2011-2015
o Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Current Chemical Biology, 2007 – 2009
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Books
o G.R. Desiraju, J.J. Vittal & A. Ramanan, Crystal Engineering – A Textbook, World Scientific,
2011
o E.R.T. Tiekink, J.J. Vittal & M.J. Zoworotko (Book Editors), Organic Crystal Engineering -
Frontiers in Crystal Engineering, Wiley, 2010
o E.R.T. Tiekink & J.J. Vittal, Frontiers in Crystal Engineering, Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2006
Special Issues of Journals
o S.R. Batten, B. Chen & J.J. Vittal, Special Issue on Coordination Polymers/MOFs: Structures,
Properties and Applications, ChemPlusChem, 81(8) (2016) 669-670
o J.J. Vittal & J. Ellena, “Crystal Growth & Design celebrates the International Year of
Crystallography 2014”, Cryst. Growth & Des., 15(1) (2015) 2-4
o J.J. Vittal & S.R. Batten, “2014 International year of crystallography celebration: Asia-
Pacific,” CrystEngComm, 16 (28) (2014) 6276
o Edited a special Issue on the Chemistry of Nanomaterials with X. Liu, COSMOS, 6(2)
December 2010
o Edited a special issue on Coordination Polymers with J.N. Moorthy, J. Molecular Structure,
796, 30 August 2006
Major Research Interests
Supramolecular Chemistry and Crystal Engineering: Solid-state reactivity and supramolecular
transformations, photochemistry of coordination complexes, coordination polymers and MOFs,
biomimetic studies, water clusters, solid state properties.
Advanced Inorganic Materials: Single molecular precursor routes to various metal-chalcogenide
and -oxide bulk materials, films and nanocrystals – Battery and other energy and gas storage
materials.
Research Output
About 500 international publications, reviews and chapters, about 250 conference papers and
numerous invited, keynote and plenary presentations. Several papers have been highlighted and
decorated the cover pages, selected as hot papers and top 10 most accessed by web. Web of Science:
~17,300 citations and h-index, 65. Google Scholar: ~20,200 citations and h-index, 70.
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Selected 5 of Publications
1. H.S. Quah, W. Chen, M. K. Schreyer, H. Yang, M.W. Wong, J.J. Vittal, “Multiphoton
Harvesting Metal Organic Frameworks” Nat. Commun., 6 (2015) 7954
2. I.-H. Park, R. Medishetty, H.-H. Lee, C. E. Mulijanto, H. S. Quah, S. S. Lee, J.J. Vittal, “Formation of a Syndiotactic Organic Polymer inside a MOF via [2+2] Photo-Polymerization
Reaction” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54(25) (2015) 7313
3. R. Medishetty, A. Husain, Z. Bai, T. Runčevski, R. Dinnebier, P. Naumov, J. J. Vittal, “Popping Single Crystals Under UV Light: The First Example of a Photosalient Effect Triggered by a
[2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53(23) (2014) 5907-5911 (Hot paper and
Coverpage)
4. M. Nagarathinam, K.Saravanan, J.H. Phua, M. V. Reddy, B. V. R. Chowdari and J. J. Vittal, “Redox Active Hybrid Metal Centered Oxalato Phosphate Open Framework 4 V Cathode Materials
for Lithium Ion Batteries” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (2012) 5866
5. M.T. Ng, C.B. Boothroyd and J.J. Vittal, ‘One-pot synthesis of new phase AgInSe2 nanorods.’
J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 128 (2006) 7118.
Highlight and Impact on the Research
Angwandte Author Profile – Highlight the authors published more than 10 papers in recent years
in Angewandte Chemie Internatioanal Edition, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53(52) (2014) 14302
A. Cover page illustrations:
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B. Most accessed, Hot Articles, etc.:
1. Angewandte Chemie (2014, Issue No. 23, p. 5907) is a hot article. This was highlighted by
Faculty of Science, NUS, Chemistry World, Nature Middle East and 10 other websites.
2. Our article in Chemical Communications (2008, Issue No. 4. p. 438) was amongst the top ten
accessed on the web from the online version in January 2008
3. Coord. Chem. Rev. (2008, 252, 1027) review was one of the top 25 hottest articles in April-
June, 2008)
4. Coord. Chem. Rev. (2007, 251, 1781) article was one of the top 25 hottest articles in July-
September, 2007
5. According to Thomson’s ISI Web of Knowledge – Essential Science Indicators (August
2008), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43, 2004, 5769 and Coord. Chem. Revs. 251, 2007, 1781are
‘highly cited papers’
6. One publication dealing with nano Ag2Se in Chemical Communications, 2005, 3820 was
considered as hot paper
7. Our paper on La2S3 thin films, in the Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16, 2006, 272 in
collaborationwith Prof. Loh Kian Ping was considered as hot paper by J. Materials. Chem.
8. The paper “A semiconducting material for saturable absorber," published in Applied Physics
Letters 90, 033106 (2007), has been selected for the January 29, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal
of Nanoscale Science & Technology and February 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Ultrafast
Science. The Virtual Journals are published by the American Physical Society and the
American Institute of Physics in cooperation with numerous other societies and publishers.
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9. Dalton Trans., 2004, (1), 113 was amongst the top ten accessed on the web from the online
version of Dalton Transactions for the month of December 2003
10. Two papers were published back-to-back (p. 438 & 441) in Chemical Communications (Issue
No. 4, 2008). Free access was given to these papers since they were considered to be
significant by the referees.
11. Four papers were published in Dalton Trans. (2001, issue no. 3, pages 309, 315, 322 & 329) in
a row, in which JJV was the co-author in the first two and corresponding author in the last two
C. Highlighted in other journals, magazines, Internet, etc.
12. The work on Ag2TeO3 has been highlighted in VerticalNews, a nanotechnology business
journal dated 2008-11-03.
13. The Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008 paper on water cluster has been referred in Wikipedia, the
free Encyclopedia in the Internet
14. The article on nano Ag2Se in Chemical Communications 2006 paper was highlighted in the
September, 2005 issue of MRS Web Bulletin in the Research/Researchers section
15. The same Chemical Communications 2006 paper on nano Ag2Se was highlighted in
Molecular Torch, an Internet webpage dedicated for nanotechnology on the nano Ag2Se work.
16. M.J. Zaworotko, "From dissymmetric molecules to chiral polymers: A new twist for
supramolecular synthesis?" (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 37 (1998) 1211) highlighted our
publication Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 37 (1998) 1114.
17. D. Bradley in the web journal Catalyst, July 3, 1998 issue entitled "Molecular architecture:
designs on chemistry", highlighting our work in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 37 (1998) 1114.
18. Commentary - “Super supramolecular synthesis” by J.D. Ranford, J.J. Vittal and D. Wu,
Research Newsletter, Faculty of Science, Volume 2, No. 3, July 1998, pp. 1.
19. Commentary - From Sand to TV Screens an article about J.J. Vittal's work for Innovation, The
Magazine of Research & Technology, NUS, March 2001, pp.12.
20. Commentary - Supramolecule-based magnets - A supramolecular copper(II) complex with a
magnetic ordering temperature above 400K by J. Ding and J.J. Vittal, Research Newsletter,
Faculty of Science, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 2001, pp. 11.
No of PhD Students Supervised – 23, currently supervising - 2
No of MSc Students Supervised - 10
No. of BSc Honours Students Supervised for their final year projects - 51
No of Research Assistants/Associates in the past and present - 27
No of Part-Time Student Assistants - 12
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High School, Junior College and Undergraduate Students Trained
1. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme in Science (UROPS) – ~30 students,
1999-2014.
2. Student Research Programme (SRP) – ~10 Students from Junior Colleges, since 1998
3. Science Mentorship Programme (SMP) – 4 students from Raffles Institution, 2001.
4. Science Mentorship Programme (SMP) – 2 students from Nayang Girls’ High School, 2004.
5. Special Programme in Science (SPS) – 3 students (with co-supervision of Chin Wee Chong),
2000.
6. Mentornet Programme, Hwa Chong Junior College, Singapore – 13 students, 1997-1999.
Other Professional Activities (from 2001)
o International Panel Member of IYCr Crystal Growing Competition, 2014-2016
o Invited to nominate Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2014
o One of the Founding Board of Editors, Crystal Growth & Design Network by American
Chemical Society, from 2010
o Secretary-Treasurer, Asian Crystallographic Association, 2013-2016
o A council member representing Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Thailand and Indonesia to
the International Union of Crystallography of the Executive Committee, 2014.
o Founder and Organising Committee member, Singapore National Crystal Growing Challenge.
Yearly 1997- 2000, & for every two years from 2002 – 2014. The 11th in this series will be
held in September 2014 and this is one of the most popular outreach activities of the
Department of Chemistry and the Faculty of Science. His contribution has been well
recognized at the international level. Now he is the advisor and a judge of this event.
o An International Committee Member, Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry, from
2007-.
o JJ has been giving popular lecture on ‘How to be a successful researcher’ in Singapore, India
and S. Korea in the past 7 years. This is to motivate the students to get motivated to do
research and to cope up with failure, stress, timeline and pressure.
o JJ has been very active in promoting crystallographic education and research in Singapore and
abroad.
o Executive Committee Member, Materials Research Society (Singapore), 2006-07, 2010-2014
o Singapore representative to the Council of Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA). 1998
– 2006; 2010-till now
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o Published an article with Prof. K. Swamination on ‘Crystallography in Singapore’ for the
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Newsletter (on invitation by the President of
IUCr). This news letter reaches more than 10000 people all over the world. This has certainly
increased the profiles of Singapore, NUS, Faculty of Science and the Department of
Chemistry.
Cover page of the IUCr Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2006. For article see pages 7-16
o One of the judges, Singapore Science and Engineering Fair conducted by Singapore Science
Centre, March 2005, 2008 & 2009
o One of the judges, Poster session of the 9th Youth Science Conference, Singapore Polytechnic,
August 2004
o One of the judges, “Proposal & Supervision of Scientific Research Project”, SNIC and
Department of Chemistry for teachers, March 2002
o One of the Judges, "Chemistry Communications Challenge", 2001
Conferences
o Local Chair, 16th Conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association, Singapore, 17-20,
December 2019.
o Member, International Advisory Body, 55th Annual Convention of Chemists and Inernational
Seminar 2018 of Indian Chemical Society, G.B. College, Naugachia, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India,
Dec. 28-30, 2018
o Member, International Program Committee, 15th Asian Crystallographic Association Meeting,
Aukland, New Zealand, December 2-5, 2018
o Member, International Advisory Board, International Symposium on Recent Advances on
Molecules and Materials (RA2M-2018) Kolkatha, India, August 2-3, 2018.
o Co-chair, International Program Committee, 14th Asian Crystallographic Association Meeting,
AsCA 2016, Hanoi, Vietnam, December, 2016
o Organizing member, Organic Solid State Chemistry, in PacifiChem 2015, December 15-20,
2015
o Member, International Program Committee, 13th Asian Crystallographic Association Meeting,
Kolkata, India, December 5-8, 2015
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o Member, Scientific Committee, 8th Singapore International Chemistry Conference, SICC-8,
Singapore, December 14-17, 2014
o Member, International Advisory Committee, 4th Inernational Conference – World Science
Congress, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, December 16-18, 2014
o Member, International Advisory Committee, Collaborative Conference on Crystal Growth,
Phuket, Thailand, November 4-7, 2014
o Chair, Celebrate International Year of Crystallography 2014 (IYCr2014) with
crystallographers in Singapore, NUS, Singapore, August 1, 2014
o Secretary General, 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC41),
Singapore, July 2014
o Member, Academic Advisory Committee, Pure and Applied Chemistry International
Conference (PACCON 2014), Khon Kaen, Thailand, from Jan 8- 10, 2014
o Co-Chair, International Program Committee, Asian Crystallographic Meeting (AsCA’13),
Hong Kong, December 7-10, 2013
o Member, Scientific Committee and chairman of the symposium, ‘Crystal Engineering of New
Materials, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, ICMAT-2013,
30 June - 6 July, 2013
o Co-organizer, 2nd China-India-Singapore Symposium on China-India-Singapore Symposium
on Crystal Engineering, November 19 – 23, 2012, in Guangzhou, China.
o Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, Mini-Symposium on NanoBio and Supramolecular
Materials, GNU, Jinju, Nov. 4, 2010
o Organizing Committee member, 1st International Collaborative and Coorperative Chemistry
Symposium, NUS, November 15-16, 2010
o Member, International Program Committee, Asian Crystallogrpahic Association Meeting,
AsCA’10, Busan, Korea, Oct. 31-Nov.3, 2010
o Organizer, First China-India-Singapore Symposium on Crystal Engineering, NUS, July 30-
August 2, 2010
o Organizer, NUS – University of Hyderabad Bilateral Chemistry Symposium, Singapore, Dec.
14-15, 2009
o Coordinator, Singapore-India Cooperative & Collaborative Chemistry Symposium (SInCCCS-
5), University of Hyderabad, India, February 20-21, 2009
o Co-chair in a Microsymposium ‘Design and applications of nanoscale materials’, XXI
International Union of Crystallography Congress, Osaka, Japan, 23-31 August 2008
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o Organizing Committee Member, 3rd MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, 2008, IMRE,
Singapore, February 25-27, 2008
o An international Committee Member, First Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry
(ACCC-1), Okazaki, Japan, July 29 – August 2, 2007; ACCC-2, Beijing, 2009 abd ACCC-3,
New Delhi, Oct. 17-21, 2011
o Session Chair, Molecular & Nanoscale Metal Clusters Symposium, NUS, Singapore, 10 May,
2007
o A scientific committee member and chairman of the symposium, ‘New routes to inorganic
materials, films and nanocrystals’ for the International Conference on Materials for Advanced
Technologies, ICMAT-2007, 1-6 July, 2007
o International Advisory Committee member International Conference on Nano-Materials for
Electronics, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology, Pune, India, November 27-29,
2006
o Session Chair, Singapore-India Cooperative & Collaborative Chemistry Symposium
(SInCCCS-4), NUS, Singapore, February 20-21, 2006
o A member of the Scientific Program Committee, Singapore International Chemical
Conference-4. Frontiers in Chemical Design and Syntheses (SICC-4), Singapore, December
8-10, 2005
o Coordinator, Singapore-India Cooperative & Collaborative Chemistry Symposium (SInCCCS-
3), IIT Kanpur, India, December 16-18, 2004
o Program Committee Member, Asian Crystallographic Association meeting (AsCA04), Hong
Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China, June 27-30, 2004
o A scientific committee member, International Conference on Materials for Advanced
Technologies (ICMAT 2003) and 7th International Union of Materials Research Society (ICA
2003), Singapore, December 7-12, 2003
o Chairman of the symposium, 'New Materials by Crystal Engineering Design' at ICMAT,
Singapore, December 7-12, 2003
o Coordinator, Singapore-India Cooperative & Collaborative Chemistry Symposium (SInCCCS-
2), IIT Bombay, India, November 7-8, 2003
o Organizer, Singapore-India Cooperative & Collaborative Chemistry Symposium (SInCCCS-
1), Singapore, December 3-4, 2002
o Member, Scientific Program Committee, Singapore International Chemical Conference-2.
Frontiers in Chemical Design and Syntheses, Singapore, December 18-20, 2001
o International Program Committee member, 3rd Conference of the Asian Crystallographic
Association conference, AsCA98, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October, 13-15, 1998
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Selected Invited Talks and Chairing Scientific Sessions
o Invited speaker, 15th Conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association,, Dec. 2-6, 2018,
Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 2-6, 2018
o Plenary speaker, 2nd Southeast Asia Conference On Crystal Engineering (SEACCE-2), Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, August 6-8, 2018
o Keynote peaker, International Coordination Chemistry Conference (ICCC2018), Sendai, Japan,
July 30-August 4, 2018
o Invited Speaker, 2018 Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, Toronto, July 20-
24, 2018
o Keynote Speaker, 11th Global Experts Meeting on Chemistry and Computational Catalysis,
Singapore, 18 -19 May, 2018
o Keynote speaker, 4th Japan-Taiwan-Singapore-Hong Kong Quadrilateral Symposium on
Coordination Chemistry, Hong Kong, December 10-12, 2017
o Invited Speaker, 43rd Congress on Science and Technology of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand,
October 17-19, 2017
o Invited Speaker, Crystallography and Society, a satellite meeting of IUCr 2017, Pune, August 29-
30, 2017
o Keynote speaker, XXIV Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of
Crystallography (IUCr2017), Hyderabad, India, August 21-28, 2017
o Keynote speaker, 6th Asian Coordination Chemistry Conference (ACCC6), Melbourne, Australia,
July 23-28, 2017
o Plenary speaker, 3rd Singapore Inorganic Chemistry Symposium (SICS 2017), Singapore, July 14,
2017
o Plenary speaker, 2nd World Chemistry Conference, Toronto, Canada, August 8-10, 2016
o Plenary speaker, The third Crystal Engineering and Emerging Materials Workshop of Ontario
and Quebec (CEMWOQ-3), Windsor, Canada, May 14-15, 2016
o Keynote speaker, the 30th Conference of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New
Zealand (SCANZ Crystal 30), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 29-April 1, 2016
o Keynote speaker, IUPAC-2015, Busan, Korea, August 9-14, 2015
o Keynote speaker, RSC International Symposium on Mechanochemistry, Hefei, China, 6-7
June, 2015
o Keynote speaker, 8th Singapore International Chemistry Conference, Singapore, Dec. 14-17,
2014
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o Invited speaker, 3rd China-India-Singapore Conference on Crystal Engineering, Bangalore,
India, Dec. 8-10, 2014
o Invited speaker, International Conference on Structural and Inorganic Chemistry, Pune, Dec.
4-5, 2014
o Invited speaker, International Conference on Structural Chemistry of Molecules and
Materials, Kolkata, Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 2014
o Invited Speaker, 23rd Congress and general Assbly of the International Union of
Crystallography, Montreal, Canada, August 5-12, 2014 (gave two invited talk which is very
very rare)
o Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, NH, USA, June 1-6, 2014
o Invited Speaker, 19th National Symposium & Workshop on Thermal Analysis (THERMANS-
2013), BARC, Mumbai, India, December19-23, 2013
o Invited Speaker, Asian Crystallographic Meeting (AsCA’13), Hong Kong, December 7-10,
2013
o Invited Speaker, Fourth International Collaborative and Cooperative Chemistry Symposium
(ICCCS-4), IIT- Kanpur, India Oct. 25-26, 2013
o Special Lectures, Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, S. Korea,
May 29 and February 28, 2013
o Guest Lecture, Graduate School Award Celebrations, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju,
S. Korea, February, 25, 2013.
o Invited Speaker, Chemistry: Synthesis, Structure & Dynamics – A Conference on Crystal
Engineering, Coorg, India, December 11-14, 2012
o Invited Speaker, AsCA 12/Crystal 28 and Bragg Centennial Symposium, Adelaide, Australia,
December 2-6, 2012
o Invited Speaker, 4th Dalton Transactions, International Symopsium – Organometallic
Chemistry and Catalysis, IMRE, Singapore, November 5, 2012.
o Invited Speaker, Third International Collaborative and Cooperative Chemistry Symposium
(ICCCS-3), Hangzhou, China, Oct. 31-November 1, 2012.
o Special Lecture, Department of Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, S. Korea,
July 24, 2012
o Discussion leader, Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Engineering, New Hampshire,
USA, June, 10-15, 2012.
o Opening Plenary Speaker, Crystal Engineering Symsposium in Honour of Emeritus Prof.
Roger Bishop, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Nov. 21, 2011.
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o Keynote speaker, 3rd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry, New Delhi, India, Oct.
17-20, 2011
o Invited speaker, International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State XX,
Bangalore, India, June 26-30, 2011
o Invited speaker, Scientific Symposium, Bruker Singapore, May 25, 2011
o Guest speaker, Inaugural YJC Crystal Growing Challenge 2011, Yishun Junior College, 2
April, 2011
o Invited talks, Pacifichem 2010, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2010
o Guest Lecture, Graduate School Award Celebrations, Art, Concert Hall, Gyeongsang National
University, Jinju, S. Korea, Oct. 22, 2010.
o Invited talk, New Trend in Functional Molecules, Yonsei University, Seoul, Oct. 16, 2010
o Invited talk, Korean Chemical Society, Inorganic Chapter Meeting, Suncheon National
University, Suncheon, Oct. 8, 2010
o Invited talk, Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan,
Suwon, S. Korea Sept. 24, 2010
o Invited talk, 4th MRS-S Conference on Advance Materials, IMRE, Singapore March 17-19,
2010
o Invited talk, Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore , March 10, 2010
o Invited speaker, NUS-SNU Joint Symposium, NUS, Singapore, March 5, 2010
o Keynote Speaker and chaired a scientific session, 6th Singapore International Chemical
Conference, Singapore, December 15-18, 2009
o Invited Speaker, Korean Battery Society Annual Meeting, Kumoh National Institute of
Technology, Gumi, S. Korea, November 26-27, 2009
o Invited Speaker, The 104th National Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society Meeting,
Daejeon, S. Korea, October 28-30, 2009
o Invited opening talk, International Symposium on Advanced Functional Materials,
Department of Materials Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, S. Korea,
October 16, 2009
o Invited talk, Joint Conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association and Chinese
Crystallographic Society, Beijing, China, October 22-25, 2009
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o Distinguished Scholar Invitation Lecture, BK21 Graduate School for Molecular Materials and
Nanochemsitry, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea, January 2009
o Opening speaker, 2nd International Symposium on Materials Science, in Babha Atomic
Research Centre, Mumbai, India, Dec. 2-6, 2008
o Plenary speaker, 18th International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers
and IUPAC 4th International Symposium on Novel Materials and their synthesis, Zhejiang,
China, October 15-18, 2008
o Invited speaker, 235th ACS National Meeting in NewOrleans, Lousiana, USA, April 6-10,
2008
o Invited speaker, 12th Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry, IIT-Madras, Chennai, December
6-8, 2007
o Invited speaker, First Asia Science Forum, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, September 10-
11, 2007
o Keynote speaker, 12th Asian Chemical Congress, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, August 23-25, 2007
o Keynote speaker, 1st Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Okazaki Conference
Center, Aichi, Japan, July 29-August 2, 2007
o Invited speaker, The first BK21 International Symposium on Molecular Materials and
Nanochemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, S. Korea, February 23-24, 2007
o Plenary speaker, 2nd Mathematics and Physical Sciences Graduate Congress, NUS, Singapore,
December 12-14, 2006
o Invited speaker, International Conference on Nano-Materials for Electronics, Centre for
Materials for Electronics Technology, Pune, India, November 27-29, 2006
o Invited speaker, 7th Frontier Science Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, November 23-26, 2006
o Plenary speaker, 8th International Symposium on Biotechnology, Metal Complexes and
Catalysis (BMC-VIII), Haikou, China, November 6-9, 2006
o Invited speaker, 9th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (EuAsC2S-9). Innovations in
Chemical Biology at the Bridge of Eurasia, Antalya, Turkey, September 9-13, 2006
o Keynote Speaker, 37th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry ((ICCC-37), Cape
Town, South Africa, August 13-18, 2006
o Invited speaker, Second MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, Materials Research
Society (MRS) of Singapore & Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore,
January 18-20, 2006
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o Invited Speaker, 6th Frontier Science Symposium, Faculty of Science, NUS, Singapore,
November 8-9, 2005
o Plenary speaker and a scientific session chair, 4th National Symposium and Conference on
Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas, Goa University, Goa, India, December, 1-3 2005
o Invited speaker, MRS-S Conference on Advanced Materials, Materials Research Society
(MRS) of Singapore & Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, August 6,
2004
o Invited speaker, 6th Asian Crystallography Meeting (AsCA04), Hong Kong University of
Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China, June 27-30, 2004
o Invited speakers, First Chemistry - IMRE Joint Symposium 2002, September 10, 2002
o Invited speaker and chaired a scientific session, National Conference & Symposium on Solid
State Chemistry and Allied Areas (NCSCA 2001), IIT Kanpur, India, December 6-8, 2001
o Speaker and chaired a scientific session, Singapore International Chemical Conference II -
Frontiers in Chemical Design and Synthesis, Singapore, December 18-20, 2001
o Invited speaker, Microsymposium, Crystal Engineering at the IV Meeting of Asian
Crystallographic Association, IISc, Bangalore, India 18-21 November 2001
o Invited speaker, 30th Annual Session of the Institute of Chemistry, represented Singapore
National Institute of Chemistry and gave an invited talk, Columbo, Sri Lanka, June 20-21,
2001
o Other Talks: Max Plank Institute, Stuttgart, Germany (2018), Universität Würzburg,
Germany (2018), University of Reading Malaysia (2017), McGill University, Canada (2016),
York University, Canada (2016), University of Toronto, Canada (2016), Wilfred Laurier
University, Waterloo, Canada (2016), University of British Columbia, Canada (2015), Simon
Fraser University, Canada (2015), University of Alberta, Canada (2015), University of Calgary
(2015), University of Lethbridge, Canada (2015), Pune University (2014), NISER-
Bhubaneswar (2014), IIT-Bhubaneswar (2014), Unversity of Hyderabad (2014), IIT-Bombay,
India (2013), IIT-Indore (2013, IISER-Bhopal (2013), IIT-Kharagpur, India (2013), Kolyani
University, India (2013), Jadavpur University, India (2013), IISER-Kolkata, India (2013), IIT-
Delhi, India (2012), University of Calicut, India (2011), Cochin University of Science &
Technology, India (2011), University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India (2011); SPMS, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, March, 2010; Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, S.
Korea September, 2009; Chonbuk National University, Geonju, S. Korea, September, 2009;
Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, S. Korea, September, 2009; Chonnam
University, Gwangju, S. Korea, September, 2009; Korea University, Seoul, S. Korea,
November, 2009; Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore,
April, 2009; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, April, 2009, University of South Florida,
January, 2009; IIT-Delhi, February, 2008; University of Western Ontario, June, 2008;
University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, June, 2007; Northern Illinois University, USA,
June, 2005; University of Göttingen, Germany, June, 2002; University of Manchester, UK,
December, 2002; University of Hyderabad, University of Madras, IITs at Chennai and Delhi in
November and December 2001; The Royal Society of Chemistry, London (North India
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Section), University of Delhi, Delhi, India, December 11, 2001; The University of Western
Ontario, London, Canada, August 11, 2000.
External Reviewer:
o Panel Member, Clusters of Excellence grant proposal, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG, German Research Foundation), 2018
o Invited to nominate a candidate for various medals of Chemical Institute of Canada, 2016-
o Invited to nominate a candidate for Outstanding Emerging Researchers, McGill University,
2016
o Grant proposal for American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, USA, 2015
o External reviewer for promotion and tenure at MacGill University, 2015
o Reviewer of a textbook proposal on Gas Separation and Storage in MOFs for CRC Press,
2015
o Reviewer of candidates for TIFR, Hyderabad, 2012-13
o Reviewer of a candidate for Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Researches (IVIC), Caraca,
Venezuala, 2012, 2018
o Grant proposal for National Research Foundation of Korea, S. Korea, 2011
o Reviewer of a candidate for promotion to Professorship, Universiti Brunei Darusslam, 2011
o Grant proposal for King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2013, 2015
o Grant proposal for National Scientific & Engineering Research Council, Canada, 2010
o Grant proposal for Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2009
o Grant proposal for American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, USA, 2008, 2015
o Grant proposal for Israel Science Foundation (ISF), 2008
o Grant proposal for King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2007, 2008,
2009
o Grant proposals for Czech Science Foundation, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2015
o Expert reviewer of South African Research Chairs Initiatives (SARCI) funded by the National
Research Foundation, South Africa, 2015 and 2006
o Reviewer of a candidate for TWAS-2008 prize, Third World Academy of Science, 2008
o Reviewer of a candidate for promotion of a staff member, Indian Institute of Science, 2008
o Reviewer of a candidate for Bhatnagar Prize, the most prestigious award in science, India,
2008
o Reviewer for the renewal of Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University, Canada, 2009
o Reviewer of a candidate for National Research Foundation, South Africa, 2009
o Reviwer of a candidate for promotion at University of Missouri, Columbia, 2010, 2011
o Expert reviewer of South African Research Chairs Initiatives (SARCI) funded by the National
Research Foundation, South Africa, 2011.
Member of Board of Examiners of External MSc and PhD Thesis: Bharatiar University (PhD
-1999, 2001, 2002 & 2006), Bharathidasan University (PhD – 2002, 2006), Banaras Hindu
University (PhD - 2002), Madras University (PhD - 2004), IIT Bombay (PhD - 2004), Adelaide
University (MSc - 2001), the University of Melbourne (MSc – 2005), University of Hyderabad
(PhD – 2005), IIT Kanpur (PhD – 2006, 2008), IIT Madras (PhD – 2007), the Department of
Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine (MSc - 2003), NUS, Department of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering, NUS (PhD – 2008), National Institute of Education, NTU, Singapore
(PhD - 2007), University of New South Wales, Australia (PhD - 2007), University of New South
Wales, Australia (PhD - 2007), University of New South Wales (PhD – 2010, 2011 & 2013), IIT
Kanpur (PhD - 2010), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (PhD - 2012); IIT Kharagpur (PhD
- 2012), IIT-Kanpur – (PhD 2013 & 2014), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (PhD,
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2015); IIT-Kharagpur (PhD – 2015); University of Malaya, KL (PhD - 2015); IIT-Kanpur (PhD –
2016).
Reviewer for International Journals: Receiving more than 100 invitations annually from
various journals like Science, Nature, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Angewandte
Chemie, IUCrJ, Chemistry – A European Journal, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,
Journal of Chemical Education, Journal of American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry,
Chemistry of Materials, Crystal Growth & Design, Langmuir, Chemical Communications, Dalton
Transactions, New Journal of Chemistry, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Solid State
Chemistry, Inorganica Chimica Acta, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Journal of Molecular
structure, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Polyhedron, Monatshefte fur Chemie, Solid State
Sciences, Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry,
Bioinorganic Chemistry & Applications, Coordination Chemical Reviews, Journal of Applied
Organometallic Chemistry, Journal of Inorganic & Organometallic Polymers & Materials, Austr.
J. Chemistry, Acta Crystallographica Sections C & E, Journal of Chemical Crystallography,
International J. of Environ. & Pollution, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry – A Asian
Journal, Journal of Organic Chemistry and Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie.
SERVICE
Administrative Responsibilities and Services to NUS
o Director, Chemical, Molecular and Materials Analysis Center, 2011- 2015
o Chair, Administrave & Technical Staff Committee, Department of Chemistry, NUS, 2011-
2015
o Member, Management Council, Department of Chemistry, NUS, 2009-
o Member, Search Committee, 2013-2015
o Chair (from 2017) and Member, Tenure & Promotion, 2011-,
o Member, Graduate Committee, 1997-2015
o Member, Safety, Security & Health, Department of Chemistry, NUS, 2012-2013
o Deputy Chair, Search Committee, 2010-2012
o Chief Judge, Chem. Comm. Challenge Final (English), 2011
o Chair of several Department Evaluation Committee for the promotion to full professorship
o Deputy Chair, Department Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2010-2012
o Assistant Dean (Research and Graduate Programs, Space & Infrastructure), Faculty of
Science, 2007-2010
o Chairman, Facutly Space and Evaluation Committee 2008-2010
o A leading member of the team to draft initial plan for the New Wet Science Building, Faculty
of Science, 2009
o Member, Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee (Senior), 2009-2010
o Manager, X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory 1997-2005. Managing the facility with a Research
Technologist and a part-time X-ray crystallographer. Providing my service and expertise to
more than 16 staff members of the Chemistry Department and many academic institutions
outside Singapore
o Chairman, Graduate Committee, 2003- 2005
o Coordinator of the Road show to promote the awareness of the Graduate Research Program of
the Faculty of Science in Indian Universities in Kolkata and Chennai, Feb. 2006
o Member, Faculty Research Committee, 2005-2006
o Advisor, Americas Sections, Undergraduates Exchange Program, International Relations
Office, NUS, 2005-2007
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o Faculty of Science Graduate/Honors Orientation Training talks, 2006, 2007
o Open House, Faculty of Science, 2007 & 2008
o Member, Crisis-Management Committee, Faculty of Science, 2005-2006
o Search Committee, Department of Chemistry 2008-09
o Department Staff Evaluation Committee, 2008-09
o Member, Graduate Committee, from 1997 - 2011
o Member, the Executive Committee for Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science,
from 2003 - 2005
o Co-chair Safety and Space Committees, 2005
o Chairman, PhD Oral Examination Committee, 2003-2005 chaired more than 50 oral exams
o A member of the Safety, Security & Health Committee. From 2001
o Deputy Chairman, Teaching Assistantship & Support, 2001 - 2005
o Promoting NUS-Chemistry: Talks on "Opportunities for Graduate Studies in Chemistry at
NUS" in Colombo, Sri Lanka (June 21, 2001) and several leading universities in India
including Bangalore University, University of Hyderabad, University of Madras, Anna
University, Delhi University, Indian Institute of Technology at Chennai, Kanpur and New
Delhi in November and December 2001, to advertise NUS Chemistry department and to
attract the best students in India and Sri Lanka. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli,
India, Dec. 2007; Delhi University, IIT – Delhi & Kharagpur, Feb. 2008; IIT-Delhi, India
(2012), IIT-Kharagpur, India (2013), Kolyani University, India (2013), Jadavpur University,
India (2013), IISER-Kolkata, India (2013), IIT-Bombay, India (2013), NISER-Bhubaneswar
(2014), IIT-Bhubaneswar (2014), Unversity of Hyderabad (2014)
o Interviewed graduate students for the Faculty Graduate Program, in India, August 1998, 2007-
2009, 2010, 2011
o Academic Mentor, Faculty of Science 1997 - 2005
Teaching at NUS
Formal Lectures
o CM2111 – Inorganic Chemistry – Class size of 160. From 2017
o CM5212 – Crystal Engineering – Class size of 15-40 students. Started teaching from 2014.
Created this module
o FMSC1207C – Gemstones, Minerals and Rocks – Freshmen Seminar, Faculty of Science.
Max. Class size of 15 students. From 2012. Created this module
o CM5241 – Modern Analytical Techniques (Elective module with 25-50 graduate students) -
with Professors Sam Li and Lee Hian Kee, 1997 and 1998.
o CM5243 – X-Ray Crystallography – A Practical Approach (Elective module with 10-30
graduate students). Class strength, 30-60 students. The course was developed and taught every
year from 1999 until 2014. Created this module
o CM4214 – Structural Methods in Inorganic Chemistry (Elective module with 25-50 graduate
students). With Professors Leung Pak Hing and Mok Kum Fun (1997 & 1998). Class size, 25-
35 students. This includes tutorial sessions. Taught full module every year from 1999 to 2003
and again from 2005.
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o CM2111 – Co-teaching Inorganic Chemistry (Essential Module with ~200 undergraduate
students). 1997-1999, 2006, 2016 and 2016-. Taught the full module in the special term 2000.
This includes tutorial sessions containing a group of 10-12 students. Class strength, 180-200
students.
o CM1111 – Basic Inorganic Chemistry (Essential Module with ~ 425 undergraduate students).
2003 & 2004.
Tutorials
o CM1101 Principles of Modern Chemistry (1998 &1999) – A class of about 10 students per
tutorial group.
o CM1111 Basic Inorganic Chemistry (1999 & 2000) – A class of about 10 students per group.
Laboratory Courses
o CM2192 Experimental Physical Chemistry (1997 & 1998). Class size 60.
o CM2191 Experiments in Inorganic and Organic Chemistry (1999). Class size 60.
o CM2111 Inorganic Chemistry Practicals (2001). Class size 60.
o CM2101 Principles of Spectroscopy Practicals (2001). Class size 60.
o CM3291 Advanced Inorganic and Organic Chemistry Experiments, 1998, from 2000 - 2012.
Class size 60.
o CM1111 Basic Inorganic Chemistry Practicals, 2003. Class size 60.
o CM1502 Physical Chemistry for Engineering, 2013-2014. Class size 60
o CM3291 Special Experiments in Inorganic Chemistry, 2013-2014, Class size of 30
Educational Workshop Conducted:
o Two-day Short Course in Small Molecule X-ray Crystallography at the Institute of Chemical
and Engineering Sciences, Jurong Island, Singapore May 10-11, 2005.
o Special Program in Science: Talk on ‘Symmetry in molecules and crystals’ to a group of about
50 students on March 8, 2005.
o Organized a five-day workshop and training course on the crystallographic software program
SHELXTL by Dr. Ludger Haming, Bruker AXS, Germany, October 16-20, 2000. More than
20 graduate students of the department were given hands-on tutorials in the X-Ray diffraction
laboratory.
o Undergraduate Scientific Essay Writing Projects: Under the Science Foundation Module SFM
1100 twelve different projects were guided from 1997 to 2002 involving about 100 first year
students.
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